Michael S. Phillips

About Michael S. Phillips

Dr. Michael S. Phillips, Ph.D. is Director of Pharmacogenomics at the McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Center. He is the recipient of a federal Canada Research Chair in Translational Pharmacogenomics. He is also an Associate Professor in the faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal and the Director of the Genome Quebec & Montreal Heart Institute Pharmacogenomics Centre. This Centre is a cutting-edge GLP clinical genotyping laboratory that supports clinical trial work and consists of two parallel components: a technology development platform and a clinical operations platform. Dr. Phillips obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He then worked with Merck Research Laboratories on human pharmacogenetic. Later on Dr Phillips, was associate director in the department of Pharmacogenetics at Orchid BioSciences, Inc.